June 11
Nigeria: Residents Protest Indiscriminate Dredging in Badagry Communities
Some residents of Ganyingbo and Gbaji-Yeketome communities in Badagry-West Local Council Development Area (LCDA) on Monday protested indiscriminate dredging in the communities. Read more »
Nigeria: Super Eagles - Adepoju Sad, Says World Cup Qualification Be Difficult
The Super Eagles hopes of World Cup looks hopeless after suffering a serious setback, as they fell to a 2-1 defeat to Benin at the Stade Felix Houphouet-Boigny in Cote d'Ivoire. Read more »
Nigeria: NIS to Unveil User-Friendly E-Visa Channel
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Kemi Nandap, has announced plans to inaugurate a more accessible e-Visa application channel for short visits in… Read more »
West Africa: Nigeria, Ecowas, FAO Move to Protect Goats, Sheep Against Deadly Diseases
IN a bid to ensure a healthy livestock population, Nigeria and other countries under the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Food and Agriculture Organisation, FAO,… Read more »
Nigeria: Nnamdi Kanu Files Contempt Charge Against DSS DG, Bichi
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a contempt charge against the Director General, Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf… Read more »
Nigeria: Alleged June 12 Protest - Anambra Police Warns Against Infringing On Human Rights
THE Anambra State Police command has warned those allegedly planning to stage protests on June 12 over hardship in the country to abort it as it is prepared to protect the human… Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Firmly Committed to Youth Empowerment - Shettima
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, yesterday, restated the commitment of the Bola Tinubu's administration to supporting Nigerian youths to reach their potentials and… Read more »
Nigeria: Democracy Day - Govt Declares June 12 Public Holiday
The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, June 12 as a Public Holiday to commemorate this year's Democracy Day celebration. Read more »
Nigeria: Amnesty Int'l, DHQ Disagree Over Treatment of Female Victims of Boko Haram
Amnesty International, AI and the Defence Headquarters are at loggerheads over the treatment of female victims of Boko Haram. Read more »
June 10
Nigeria: Govt Hasn't Borrowed From Pension Funds - Ex-NAICOM Boss
Olorundare Thomas, the immediate past Chief Executive Officer, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), says the Federal Government has not borrowed from the accumulated pension… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Fashion Industry Needs Intervention From Arts , Culture Ministry - Oliseh-Amaize
UK-trained Nigerian designer and creative director of Tesslo, Tessy Oliseh-Amaize, has called on Nigeria's Ministry of Art, Culture and Creative Economy to urgently intervene in… Read more »
June 11
Nigeria: 3,000 Benefit As Ijebu Boys Association Medical Outreach Holds
The Ijebu Boys Association's annual Free Medical and Food Provision Outreach offered a lifeline to over 3,000 vulnerable Nigerians in a nation grappling with poverty and inflation. Read more »
June 10
Nigeria: Police Rescue American Citizen From Jumping Into Lagos Lagoon
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Police Command in Lagos State have rescued an American citizen from committing suicide on the Third Mainland Bridge. Read more »
Nigeria: 26 Killed in Katsina Attack As Bandits Target Villagers, Police
No fewer than 26 people have been killed in a brutal attack by bandits in Katsina State. Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Replaces IGP Arase With Argungu As Chairman, Police Service Commission
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of DIG Hashimu Argungu (retd) as Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC). Read more »
Nigeria: Illegal Bunkering - NSCDC Arrests Nine in Rivers
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested nine suspects for engaging in illegal oil activities in a forest boundary between Rivers and Abia. Read more »
Nigeria: 'Nigeria On the Brink' - Bishop Onuoha Warns of Chaos, Anarchy
Bishop of the Methodist Church Nigeria and former presidential aide on Privatisation, Bishop (Dr) Sunday Onuoha, has warned that Nigeria is on the brink of chaos due to worsening… Read more »
Nigeria: No Plan to Revoke Wema, Polaris, Unity, Fidelity Licences - CBN
There is no plan to revoke the operating licences of Fidelity, Wema, Polaris and Unity Banks, the Central Bank of Nigeria has said. Read more »
Nigeria: Six Months to End of Year - NDDC Proposes N1.911 Trillion As 2024 Budget
Six months to the end of the fiscal year, the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has proposed a total sum of N1.911 trillion as its 2024 aggregate expenditure, just as it… Read more »
Nigeria: Minimum Wage - SGF Receives Tripartite Committee Report
Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Sen. George Akume has received the report of the 37-member Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage, assuring that the… Read more »
Nigeria: We Await Outcome of Govt, Labour Negotiation - South-West Governors
The governors of the South-West geopolitical zone have said that they are waiting for the outcome of negotiations between the Federal Government and Organised Labour on minimum… Read more »
Nigeria: Alleged N2.8bn Fraud - EFCC Opens Case Against Sirika, Others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday in a Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court, Maitama opened its case of alleged N2.6 billion fraud against former… Read more »
Nigeria: Hajj - FG to Reduce Days Pilgrims Spend in Saudi - Arabi
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says it has adopted a strategy to reduce the number of days Nigerian pilgrims spend in Saudi Arabia during the pilgrimage. Read more »
Nigeria: South-East Among Highest in Human Trafficking - Naptip
Prof. Fatima Waziri-Azi, Director General (DG) of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), says the Southeast ranks among the regions with the… Read more »
Nigeria: Gov Otti Visits Another Family of Slain Soldiers in Aba
Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, on Sunday visited the family of Cpl. Lucky Ikechukwu Ikpeama, one of the soldiers killed by yet-to-be-identified gunmen at Obikabia Junction,… Read more »